In June 2022, the first electric Robinson R44 helicopter powered by a magniX motor flew at the Los Alamitos Army Airfield in California. According to magniX’s press statement, “this was a ...

NASA is developing aircraft with Distributed Electrical Propulsion systems with power sources not connected to electric ...

The so-called “Gatling” design relies on electric motors to power the barrels resulting ... With the introduction of helicopters to the modern battlefield, the M61 system was redesigned ...

Unither Bioelectronique (UB) is claiming several aviation firsts following the first flight of a piloted hydrogen fuel ...

It is a vertically capable aircraft, or Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, which means it can take off ...

Advanced propulsion specialist Magnix aims to begin deliveries to customers in 2026 of its first Helistorm electric motors for helicopter applications. Launched on 10 March at the Verticon show in ...

Its eight vertical electric motors—two each on the aircraft’s four wings—power four in-wing electric ducted fans, allowing it to lift off like a helicopter. Two rear-mounted pusher ...

Collective pitch on a quadcopter is much simpler than it is on the main rotor of a traditional helicopter ... Spin the motors backwards. Quadcopters control their flight by quickly varying ...